The Face of White Privilege? ACLU Under Fire After Bowing To Criticism Of Its Use Of An Image Of A White Child In Its Promotional Campaign

The campaign was meant to feature pictures of toddlers in onesies saying “Free Speech” along with the caption: ‘This is the future that ACLU members want.”

The ACLU was immediately attacked for “Nazi propaganda,” “white privilege,” and even insensitivity over Charlottesville.

Leftists were furious over the post because they believed it endorsed white supremacy.

Professor Junior’s bio says that she “is an Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Religion. Her research and teaching interests focus on the intersections of race, gender, and religion.”

Given the open deeply disturbing responses to the simple picture of a white child, one would have hoped that the ACLU would have responded unbowed and unequivably by saying that it was the responses and not the picture that were racist. Instead, it actually issued a cringing thank you for a lesson on its white privilege issues:

It is depressing to see that even the ACLU does not feel that it can stand firm against such unhinged and groundless attacks. The organization was founded in 1917 by Crystal Eastman and Roger Nash Baldwin. It has long refused to yield to orthodoxy and majoritarian pressures. It was supported by people across the political spectrum because it did not maintain a political base or represent political viewpoints. The fear is that the current leadership is taking this esteemed organization into a new and more ambiguous direction.